Aim Statement:
Our goal, as CV staff, is to collaboratively develop, implement, and assess a school-wide data-driven improvement plan to increase student learning.

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Students at Cascade View enjoy being a part of a cohesive learning community with student leadership opportunities available in our Student Council Association.  This student group sponsors an annual food drive to benefit area families, monthly spirit days, does routine "garbage patrol", assists with Wednesday ice cream sales, Friday popcorn sales, and promotes school-wide communication between staff and students.

School Improvement

In February, 2002, Cascade View became involved in a school improvement process called the School Improvement Process, Technical Assistance Project (SIPTAP) through the Educational Service District that serves our region of the state. Through this process, assisted by a School Improvement Coach, we have worked to accomplish the following:

     •  Create a vision and aim statement that reflects our beliefs about students  

         and our work

     •  Collect perceptual survey information from parents, students and staff

     •  Reviewed data including student achievement test scores, survey results,

        demographic data, parent involvement data, and records of staff trainings

        and meetings to help us understand the unique qualities of our school, our

        student body, and instruction practices of our staff.

     •  Based on this evidence we identified goals and any barriers that must be

        addressed in order to achieve the goals

     •  Conducted research into best instructional practices, visited high

         performing schools and interviewed staff members to learn about how

         they have improved learning for students

     •  Selected strategies that we would implement to increase student

       achievement in goal areas

     •  And in September, 2004, we began to implement those strategies

Strategies that we are implementing are staff trainings in assessment strategies, curriculum mapping, and guided reading instruction; and increased collaboration between staff in the form of grade-level meetings twice monthly to review assessment data and instructional practices. Also, staff are using

supplemental reading materials purchased by our PTA for small group reading instruction and small group math instruction is occurring at the 3rd and 4th grade level.

Reading Goal:   Increase the percentage of students meeting standard (scores of 3 or 4) on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) in reading by 5% by the year 2005, as measured against the 2003 WASL reading scores.

Math Goal: Increase the percentage of students meeting standard on the WASL in math by 7.5% by the year 2005, as measured against the 2003 WASL math scores.

Lyla Meyer, Principal

Parent Involvement

Parents and community members are always welcome at school. Those wishing to volunteer at the school may contact a teacher directly or volunteer through the school office. Cascade View has a very supportive group of parents. This is reflected in their high visibility as volunteers and attendance at conferences, concerts, and at other school functions. Cascade View parents and teachers have also formed a chapter of the national Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), which supports field trips and assemblies for students, helps teachers with classroom expenses, as well as buying equipment for the playground and the teachers.